A FAST TRACK LIKELY

Southland Times, Issue 23437, 18 February 1938, Page 10

A FAST TRACK LIKELY

Opening Of Annual Meeting INTEREST IN CROSS COUNTRY EVENT There is every promise of fine weather for the opening of the Winton Jockey Club’s meeting today, and with a fast track assured, racing of a high standard is promised. The Winton Club has long been regarded as the oldestestablished turf institution of its kina in Southland, and its unbroken record of fixtures is bettered by no other club in the province. The Winton district is a keen racing one and one which has always been known as the home or the steeplechaser. For this reason it is gratifying to find that the Winton Steeplechase, to be decided today, has drawn one of the best elds, .at least from a numerical point of view, for some years. In the past the club had some difficulty in retaining cross country events on its card, but with the club now racing much later in the season than it did for some years, the steeplechase events have drawn much stronger fields. Today’s steeplechase will be one of the feature events of the programme. , Although the open races on today s programme did not fill as well as anticipated the hack races have seldom been stronger. The Winton track is one of the fastest in the province, and it was reported yesterday that the course has seldom been in better condition. The win-and-place system of betting will operate and the first race is timed to start at 12.30 p.m. A special passenger train will leave Invercargill at 11 o’clock each morning. The following horses will be supported: — NOVICE STAKES: Bow Street, Triple Cone, Bad News. OTAPIRI TROT HANDICAP: Dewey Cloud, Glenelad, Kentucky Sun. WINTON CUP HANDICAP: Paladino Trivet. FLYING HANDICAP: Viking, Janet Gaynor. ' WINTON STEEPLECHASE: Hunting Go, Jollyanna, Scotsden. BARCLAY HANDICAP: Roseman, Barley Almond, Sailing Lady. HOKONUI TROT HANDICAP: Edith Grattan, Sydney Grand, Happy King. TRADESMAN’S HANDICAP: Song Boy, Daring Deed, Poniard. The acceptances are as follows: — 12.30 p.m. NOVICE STAKES, £lO5. Six furlongs.

VICTORIA AMATEUR TURF CLUB ACCEPTANCES FOR FINAL DAY (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received February 17, 7.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, February 17. The acceptors for the Woodcliff Handicap (one mile and three furlongs), to be run on Saturday—the final day of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s meeting at Caulfield—are: Egmont, Avenger, Mananui, Old Rowley, Soltoi, Beaustone, Elmdale, Le Grand, Windmar, Sackville, Boongarry, Dolphin, Bianconi, Pioneer. The 21 acceptors for the Alma Stakes (six furlongs), for two-year-olds, include Limulet, Beaufrere, Tregenna, Strathroy and National. Manrico (8.2) has been scratched for the Forty-first Caulfield Futurity Stakes, of £3OOO (seven furlongs). The horses remaining are: Gold Rod 10.4, Mohican 10.2, Pamelus 9.8, Ajax 9.6, Hua 9.6, Damalis 9.1, King’s Head 9.1, Lochlee 8.12, El Golea 8.5.

Astral Flash 8 0 Kippen 8 0 Bad News S 0 Last Pal 8 0 Bow Street 8 0 Mona’s Song 8 0 Bilbao 8 0 Silkwood 8 0 Cone Peak 8 0 Stone Frigate 8 0 Coxcomb 8 0 Triple Cone 8 0 Crusader Lad 8 0 Wyn 8 0 Foxlove 8 0 1.10 p.m. OTAPIRI TROT, £125. Class 3.43. One mile and a-half. Kentucky Sun It Melrose It Hoyle It Ebb Tide It War King It Happy Times It Katene it yds bna Foremost Junior It Abel 12 Sun Gauge It Betty Joffre 24 Loyalist It Dewey Cloud 24 Glenelad It Happy Locanda 36 Ca tawrack It Capricorn 48 Sunny Dell It 1.50 pan. WINTON CUP, £200 One mile and aquarter. Paladino 8 6 Ardchoille 7 1 Trivet 8 2 Ashaway 7 0 Amellta 7 10 2.30 pan. FLYING HANDICAP. £130. Six furlongs. Viking 9 0 Beam 7 9 Janet Gaynor — 8 13 Rodeur 7 7 Roy Bun 7 10 3.10 pan. WINTON STEEPLECHASE, £135 5/-. About two miles and a-half. Trisox 1 11 2 Royal Pal 9 2 Hunting Go i to 12 Glenmure 9 0 Vitaphone 9 12 Glen Boa 9 0 Scotsden 9 9 Kylemure 9 0 Jolly anna 9 7 Pandine 9 0 3.50 pan. BARKLY HANDICAP, £130 5/-. Six i iirlongs. Roseman Ballad 9 9 6 0 Sailing Lady Baitruin 8 7 2 12 Barley Almond 8 12 Final Bell 7 9 Irish BirdCoat of Arms 7 4 catcher 8 8 Aspire _ , 7 1 Peony Rose 8 4 Spanish Lad 7 0 4.30 p.m. HOKONUI TROT, £125. Class 3.39. ( Dne mile anc I a-half. Gold Streak it Sydney Grand 12 Ghandi it King Drusus 12 Loyalist Edith Grattan It It Vlnola Bonny Brydone 24 24 Jesse Owens It Master Potts 36 yds bhd Guywin 48 Happy King 12 5.10 p.m. TRADESMEN’S HANDICAP, £135. One mile. Song Boy 8 9 Grand Finale 8 0 All Humbug 8 7 Ardchoille 7 13 Daring Deed 8 6 Ashaway 7 12 Double Shot 8 6 Poniard 7 4